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"Well, I woke up this morning, and I got myself a beer ..."

By Rebekah Bradford, Special to The Post and Courier

Thursday, August 5, 2010

Is there anything more satisfying than a cold beer on a hot summer day? Head2Head likes nothing better than swinging by Triangle in West Ashley or the Tattooed Moose on Morrison Drive after work for an ice-cold brew. Just thinking about it is making us thirsty.

Current trivia champ Robin Lopez is looking to get a streak going by winning for the third time in a row, but in order to do so, she'll have to defeat her opponent, Lila Owens, who is traveling around the country this summer in a VW bus.

QUESTIONS

  1. What is the oldest active brewery in America?

  2. What band has a song with the line, "Well, I woke up this morning, and I got myself a beer"?

  3. What country has the most individual beer brands?

  4. Do bubbles in a glass of Guinness go up or down?

  5. What is Cenosillicaphobia?

  6. What style of beer would you find molasses as an ingredient?

  7. What is the first imported beer to be sold in Germany?

  8. Who's the patron saint of brewing?

  9. How many gallons are in a keg?

  10. When Prohibition ended in 1933, what famous American was sent the first case of Budweiser from Anheuser-Busch?

ROBIN'S ANSWERS

  1. I like beer, but I don't know a lot about it, but here goes. Anheuser-Busch.

  2. That sounds like the Doors.

  3. Germany?

  4. Down.

  5. Fear of getting spilled on.

  6. Oh, wow. I have no idea.

  7. Budweiser.

  8. St. Pauly.

  9. .20.

  10. Al Capone.

LILA'S ANSWERS

  1. Old Milwaukee.

  2. The Doors, baby.

  3. I'm going with Belgium although it could be Germany.

  4. Ha. Trick questions. They do both.

  5. Is it the fear of running out of beer?

  6. Ale.

  7. Um, Sam Adams.

  8. Don't even know.

  9. .15.5.

  10. Lindbergh.

CONCLUSION

It was not meant to be. Robin tried hard to extend her Head2Head trivia wins, but she went up against someone with more beer knowledge. So, instead, Lila will be returning next week to defend her newly acquired title. It'll be from the road though since she's leaving Charleston in her VW bus and heading to D.C.

CORRECT ANSWERS

  1. Yuengling.

  2. The Doors, "Roadhouse Blues."

  3. Belgium.

  4. Both, up and down.

  5. Fear of an empty glass.

  6. Ale or Porter.

  7. Sam Adams.

  8. St. Gambrinus.

  9. .15.5.

  10. Franklin D. Roosevelt.

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